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Franke presents the Mythos Skyscraper refrigerator and the Maris Long Panel dishwasher

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Franke provides a comprehensive solution for all your kitchen needs, now featuring the impressive Skyscraper refrigerators. The Mythos Skyscraper refrigerator, equipped with Total No-Frost technology, stands out with its generous dimensions of 193 cm in height and 70 cm in width. This spacious design eliminates the hassle of limited storage, allowing for more efficient and stress-free management of your kitchen supplies. With a substantial capacity of 384 litres, it offers approximately 45% more space than a typical refrigerator, making it easier to organize and access your food.

the new Maris Long Panel dishwasher by Franke is designed and built to perfectly align with the growing demand for uniformity and continuity of design.
A dishwasher designed to integrate perfectly into kitchens of any style or size, thanks to its long customizable front panel that can be coordinated with the furniture and perfectly suited to kitchens with a low plinth, so that the dishwasher integrates completely with the surrounding environment, offering your kitchen space a cohesive, linear and even more pleasant look.

In addition to its modern elegance, the Maris Long Panel dishwasher boasts an automatic door opening system to ensure the best drying results after each cycle and a capacity of up to 14 place settings to adapt to the number of place settings to be washed, to optimize the number of washes when entertaining many guests. It is also in energy class D , ensuring efficient washing with every use.

Franke Group acquires the Wesco and Berbel brands

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Franke Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Wesco Group, a manufacturer of high-end kitchen extractor hoods and ventilation systems (Wesco and Berbel brands). The group will become part of Franke Home Solutions, a division of the Franke Group, and will strengthen its positions in the Swiss and German markets Wesco Group is a specialist in kitchen extractor hoods and air filtration in homes, schools and offices in Switzerland. It also includes the German subsidiary berbel Abluftechnik GmbH, the market leader in Germany for extractor hoods and extractors. In the 2022/2023 financial year, Wesco generated net sales of CHF 97 million and employed a total of 280 people.

New Franke showroom marks ‘last step’ of rebrand

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Franke unveils its newly renovated showroom in Switzerland, the birthplace and home of the Swiss multinational, marking the latest milestone in its exciting journey, now spanning over 100 years. The new design of the showroom perfectly represents Franke’s new look brand image and evokes the Franke brand promise of transforming change into opportunities for a better living. Franke Home Solutions, the division of Franke Group that is dedicated to all things in the home, and the world’s leading provider of intelligent systems and solutions for the residential kitchen, the showroom symbolises the story unfolding at the Franke headquarter in Aarburg and around the world.

The only constant is change

The brand philosophy and the new appearance stand for finding new ways to face constant change in an intelligent way. As an integrated system provider, Franke Home Solutions combines exclusive design with full functionality, Swiss quality and sustainable innovations for a better life.

In the newly opened showroom, these aspects come together in perfection. The “Great Stage” campaign launched by Franke Home Solutions a year ago unveiled in a creative, visually impactful way how Franke’s intelligent home solutions and design empower a kitchen that fits all home-lovers’ desires and fulfils their evolving life ambitions.

Mythos Frankie launch T shelf hood

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The Mythos T-Shelf island hood enters the scene as a protagonist, capable of merging functionality and beauty, part of the Mythos family, the premium range of the brand that offers the best of Franke quality to lovers of elegance, reaching new heights of stylistic excellence and durability. All the elements of the Mythos collection are integrated in a harmonious system , united by the same aesthetics and without design discontinuity.Mythos T-Shelf is available in the iconic Black Matt finish and energy class A , and allows for 360° use thanks to the symmetrical position of the user interface and lights; rigor and lightness combine perfectly, moreover, in the encounter between its essential design lines and its smoked glass shelves . Finally, the matt black filters match the hood, giving it a homogeneous, discreet and elegant effect.

Not only an aesthetically appealing design hood, but also an ally in creating the right atmosphere, in a perfect balance of light and sound: the two LED light bars with dimmer function , in fact, allow you to set the desired light, while thanks to the Sound Pro it is possible to obtain a silent environment without sacrificing maximum performance, guaranteeing a suction capacity of 750 m3/h in intensive mode

Maeder leaves the Artemis Group

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Christian Maeder, chief financial officer (CFO) of the Artemis Group and chairman of the Board of Directors of Franke Holding AG, will leave the Group in spring 2023 after eight years. The search for his successor as CFO of the Artemis Group has been initiated. The chairmanship of the Board of Directors of Franke Holding AG will be taken over by Alexander Pieper, currently Vice Chairman, as of spring 2023.

Alexander Pieper, vice chairman of the Board since 2019, knows the Franke Group well. Before becoming CEO of Swiss tool manufacturer Kraftwerk, he worked for 13 years at Franke in various management roles in Germany and abroad, such as managing director of the subsidiaries in the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines. In addition, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Artemis Holding AG since 2015 and will be more involved in the Artemis Group in the future as part of the generation change.

Michael Pieper, owner and CEO of the Artemis Group, regrets the departure of Christian Maeder and expressly thanks him for his achievements in the various areas of responsibility in the Artemis Group as well as for the trustful cooperation. «As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Franke Holding AG – Pieper said – Christian Maeder was responsible for the strategic direction of the Group and drove it forward with confidence and foresight – thus making a significant contribution to the positive development of the company. I am delighted that my son Alexander is taking over as Chairman of the Board of Directors and wish him every success and satisfaction in his new role

Franke Europe campaign

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The new pan-European campaign “The Great Stage” the intelligent solutions for the home and the design of Franke Home Solutions are staged, for a kitchen suited to everyone’s wishes

A range of integrated solutions to meet every need in the new pan-European Franke Home Solutions campaign , in line with the Division’s change strategy following the Group’s rebranding : it’s “The Great stage” , built on the company’s forward-looking strategy, which combines an exclusive design with excellent functionality , Swiss quality and eco-conscious innovations for a better life.

The Franke Home Solutions division was born in 2021 from the merger of the Franke Kitchen Systems and Faber Hoods & Cooking Systems divisions and has since then built on the Group’s decennial experience and its innovative strategy in the sectors of preparation and cooking for the home kitchen across all product categories, including sinks, mixers, hoods, hobs, ovens, accessories and food preparation systems. Many of the division’s innovative products have already won several design awards, such as the prestigious Red Dot and iF Design Award.Available on digital and print channels , “The Great Stage” celebrates the delicious virtues of cooking at home, where every meal preparation can become something exciting . The video spot takes the audience on a one-day adventure in the life of the protagonist, a passionate home and kitchen lover who lives his culinary creativity to the fullest with the help of the Franke integrated system, which includes sink, mixer, hood and cooking tools, all part of the exclusive Mythos range. With the claim “A Great Performance Deserves a Great Stage” (“A great performance deserves a great stage”), Franke Home Solutions imagines the kitchen as a stage, in fact, to show your best culinary skills and enjoy the conviviality of the moment. https://youtu.be/0jMSzlcQJzE

Christian Maeder leaves the Artemis Group

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christian maeder, chief financial officer cfo of the artemis group and chairman of the board of directors of franke holding ag, will leave the artemis group in spring 2023. the company announced that search for his successor has been initiated. the chairmanship of the board of directors of franke holding ag will be taken over by alexander pieper, currently vice chairman, as of spring 2023.